{"id":2987,"date":"2014-04-23T08:19:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T08:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2014-04-23T08:19:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T08:19:55","slug":"home-based-self-management-program-suitable-for-chronic-fatigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/home-based-self-management-program-suitable-for-chronic-fatigue\/","title":{"rendered":"Home-based self-management program suitable for chronic fatigue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> This study evaluated the feasibility of a 12-week home-based self-management program for unexplained chronic fatigue (UCF) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methods:<\/strong> Self-report outcomes included measures of fatigue impact, physical function, depression, and global change. A web diary measured daily compliance with self-management activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results:<\/strong> Study withdrawals (20.8%) were due to time constraints, confidentiality concerns, or illness recovery. Subjects (N\u2009=\u200919) showed excellent compliance (62.3%) on the web diary. Participant feedback indicated high satisfaction. Effect sizes were large for fatigue severity, physical functioning, and depression.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions:<\/strong> A home-based self-management program for UCF and CFS may offer improved patient access to treatment that may be unavailable, inconvenient, or costly.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Feasibility of a home-based self management program for chronic fatigue\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/21641846.2014.904066\" target=\"_blank\">Feasibility of a home-based self-management program for chronic fatigue<\/a>, by Fred Friedberg, Man Chi Ngan &amp; Jeremy Chang <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span> <em>Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health &amp; Behavior<\/em> 14 April 2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract Purpose: This study evaluated the feasibility of a 12-week home-based self-management program for unexplained chronic fatigue (UCF) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Methods: Self-report outcomes included measures of fatigue impact, physical function, depression, and global change. A web diary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/home-based-self-management-program-suitable-for-chronic-fatigue\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-2987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-chronic-fatigue"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-Mb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2988,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987\/revisions\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}